Nitrogen fixation by volcanic lightning in the early Earth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3123-3126

  Navarro González, Rafael ^a,b   Molina, Mario J ^a   Molina, Luisa T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHRONOLOGY; IONIZATION; LIGHTNING; SIMULATION; VOLCANOES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOUDS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN;

VOLCANIC LIGHTNING; CHEMICAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL SPECIES; LIGHTNING CHANNEL; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; MICROWAVE DISCHARGE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; VOLCANIC CLOUDS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ARCHEAN; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN FIXATION; VOLCANISM;

RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 0032529769     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02423     Document Type: Article

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